Dennis Turner

Weekend Daybreak Anchor/Mississippi Reporter

Dennis Turner has very diverse responsibilities at News Channel 3.

During the week, Dennis is the DeSoto County reporter and on weekends he co-anchors and produces Saturday and Sunday Daybreak.

Dennis was born just a few hours north of Memphis in Southern Illinois.

He grew up in south Florida and attended the University of Miami.

Dennis began his television career in Miami as an anchor for a program on the PBS station WLRN and later at WTVJ, Florida's first TV station and a CBS affiliate, where he held a variety of positions. He then moved to WINK in Fort Myers where he won awards for spot news and feature reporting.

Dennis joined News Channel 3 as a reporter in 1987 and later headed west to Los Angeles to work for CNN and FNN. He rejoined News Channel 3 in 1991.

When Dennis isn't working, you can find him in the gym. He is a runner and participates in many 5K, 10K and triathalons each year.

When asked what he likes best about living in the Memphis area, Dennis says "It's big enough to have all the good things you'd hope to find in a GREAT place to live...plus you can still drive across town in less than an hour!"

Recent Articles

  • How the FBI Went After The Wrong Man In Ricin Case

    Posted on: 4:04 pm, April 24, 2013, by , updated on: 05:52pm, April 24, 2013

    FBI investigates suspect number two in the ricin letters case
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  • FBI: No Ricin Link To Corinth Man

    Posted on: 1:31 pm, April 22, 2013, by and , updated on: 06:21pm, April 22, 2013

    Federal investigators believed the letters were mailed by Kevin Curtis
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  • Horn Lake to Property Owners: “Clean up”!

    Posted on: 4:26 pm, April 17, 2013, by , updated on: 07:18pm, April 17, 2013

    Spring cleaning tops lots of people’s to do lists this time of year, and in Horn Lake they’re taking that seriously.
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  • Suspect Identified in Honor Box Theft

    Posted on: 4:16 pm, April 17, 2013, by , updated on: 09:07pm, April 17, 2013

    A apparent thief in DeSoto County is caught in the act trying to steal from the honor system at a local lake
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  • Could Senior Citizen Project Cause Gridlock in Southaven?

    Posted on: 4:26 pm, April 16, 2013, by , updated on: 05:53pm, April 16, 2013

    It's the project that apparently won’t die
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  • Race Safety Top Priority in Mid-South

    Posted on: 4:22 pm, April 16, 2013, by , updated on: 06:31pm, April 16, 2013

    Boston Marathon bombing is front and center on the minds of thousands of Mid-South runners
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  • DeSoto Supervisors Move to Keep Control Tower Open

    Posted on: 4:26 pm, April 15, 2013, by , updated on: 06:45pm, April 15, 2013

    DeSoto County Supervisors today joined the fight to keep the control tower open at the County’s only airport
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  • Dizzy Dean Wants New Stadium from Southaven

    Posted on: 4:19 pm, April 15, 2013, by , updated on: 06:13pm, April 15, 2013

    'Dizzy Dean' is asking for a major expense on its behalf.

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  • New Nesbit Fire Station Sits in Path of Growth

    Posted on: 10:00 am, April 13, 2013, by , updated on: 03:55pm, April 12, 2013

    People in Nesbit have a new fire station for their local Volunteer Fire Department.
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  • DeSoto Seniors Angry at Arena Proposal

    Posted on: 3:57 pm, April 10, 2013, by , updated on: 06:08pm, April 10, 2013

    Some Seniors say they’re ready to go to war over save a proposed senior center project
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  • Bryant Expected to Sign Tough DUI Law

    Posted on: 3:58 pm, April 9, 2013, by , updated on: 06:28pm, April 9, 2013

    Mississippi Governor Phil Bryant says he’s ready to sign a tough new DUI bill to get drunk drivers off the state’s streets and highways.
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  • DeSoto Schools Get 1.2 Million Dollar Refund

    Posted on: 3:47 pm, April 9, 2013, by , updated on: 05:28pm, April 9, 2013

    A billing error will put more than a million dollars into the DeSoto School’s bank account
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